BEFORE IT WAS LOST, IT must have been a wild paradise: a lowland tropical forest near the sea and thick with tall palms and other slim, flowering trees. Woody vines snaked through the dense understory, shaded by relatives of today’s cashew and tropical chestnut trees, while stout hop-bushes clustered where sunlight pierced the canopy. Black mangroves…

ECO magazine 8/23/2021 “A new study shows that disappearing sea ice is a significant element of the food web supporting female walruses and their dependent young in the Arctic’s Chukchi Sea… The work was carried out in coordination with a number of partners in Alaska and also included scientists from Clark University [Professor Karen Frey] and the…

Three students won awards for research connected to grants funneled through the Marsh Institute, my NSF Plum Island Ecosystems grant and my Humanize Institute MapBiomas grant. See this link https://clarknow.clarku.edu/2021/05/04/geography-students-present-research-earn-awards-at-national-conference/